Thursday, July 20, 2006
Hello people
Someone asked me to blog and so I will.
Just a few points to note:
Im now flying mode 2 SO....i can try Kenny's 14MZ and his MA Stratus(no chance)
I miss flying the Stratus...=(
Im not interested in blogging cos im playing G3 most of the time =
And im damn attracted to the Synergy N9...its so sexy that i had to make a crappy wallpaper of it. Someone good at photoshop help me do a better one!!!
helirulz
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Okay people. Im sorry for not having blogged for so long. Guess it was because i was too lazy to do so =SO here's a (useless) update:
I Did nothing much during the June holidays, and the most interesting part of it was holidaying in Perth, WA.
I love Australia! The people are so damn friendly lah, and they say 'Hi mate' to you even though you're a foreigner and they completely dont know you. Not like in SG, some uncivilised sucker might just come and give you a wacking.
I'll try to recall whatever happened though its been almost a month already! Im missing Australia! =(
We landed at 2-something in the afternoon and Australian government is VERY strict about Quarantine and not bringing in ANY food/fruits/vegetables and plants that do not come from Australia. Stupidly, mom had a tomato in her pouch and did not remember that she had it on. The Borderline security came with the very cute and well-trained sniffing dogs and WOW! It picked up quite anumber of people..INCLUDING MOM =OO
So mom was given a warning
First day was spent in Perth city. We stayed at the King's Perth Hotel. It sounds grand i know...but its a crap hotel. the worst one throughout the holiday. Then that night, we went to Town to refresh old memories from 4 years ago and did some grocery shopping. OMG LAH.
There are alot of Generic brands in Australia and even the local people are complaining because companies are loosing business and generic brands are inherently lower quality.
There's even a HOME Brand cola. But damn...the HOME Brand sultanas were NICE! and only 2AUD!
The sky would get completely dark by 6pm and shopping hours on friday are until 9pm. Until 5pm on other days.
We were tired by 9.30pm so all of us went to bed by then.
Woke up next morning at 6.30am and the sky was like 6.45am back in singapore.
By 8am, mom and dad left the hotel to get to the place to pick up the car we had ordered for rent. Oh yea, it was a Toyota Camry which was damn big.
We packed up and left for Cervantes(another town) to view the Pinnacles which was 3h drive away. We got there by 2.30pm, and our tour was at 3.30pm.
So we bathed and rested, and went on. Cervantes was quite a bit hotter than Perth because it's in the desert and we did not really need to put on our jackets. So the tour guide drove a small group including us, to the pinnacles. One of our tour friend probably had her eyelid bitten by a poisonous spider and omg..her eyelid were SWELLING LIKE HELL!
We spotted a kangeroo on the way there too...
Pinnacles was a cool sight...seeing those limestone rocks stick out 3m above ground. The scenery was beautiful at sunset and by then, the weather was starting to get chilly.
Then we were driven back to our motel and we went for dinner. Suprisingly, Cervantes is a incredibly small town, maybe a 200m stretch of road? =And there are only 'so many' restaurants. So the one we went to, we saw out tour guide and another tour friend there. LOL. Small town eh? We ordered a large pizza and went back to our motel to eat.
The pizza is damn thin lah. I dont really like it cos its not like the 'pan pizza' from PizzaHut where the entire pizza is fairly thick and feeling. But this one was thin and abit too salty.
Next morning(sunday), we drove back to Perth and that day, i was going to meet the RC heliflyers of Australia. So we got back to Perth and back to King's Perth Hotel to unload the bags. Then we headed off to Whiteman Aeromodelling Radio Control Club where i was supposed to meet 'Cicolli' of runryder. As i walked towards the fenced-up gantry to the flightline, A guy went up and helped me open up the gate. He went 'Hi! You're from Singapore?' and i said yes. Apparently, his name is Paul.
So watch the helis fly. Paul flies a Fury Stratus with a Tempest 3D rotorhead, but we didn't see any action from him because his fan collar came loose and had to go home to do some TLC. On the other hand, this guy named Mike. He flies a Stratus too and Alex was helping him set up the Stratus with Mike's new 14MZ. Alex flies a MA Spectra-G =OO
The field at Whiteman Park:
Setting up Dave's Raptor90:
Mike's Fury Stratus:
So Paul and I watched Mike fly his new baby and he was attempting piroflips on mode3 =D
Totally out of control though =)
Then Dave was trying to get his R90SE and YS91 motor to work properly...but hell was going on. The engine was puffing out smoke like hell, but it only haad enough power to hover.
When it was time to leave, it was around 5.30pm. So we bid each other goodbye and they told me they were planning a eating/flying trip to singapore sometime in December or january.
We then went to meet up and have dinner with Uncle Edmund(hevent seen him since 4 years ago in Perth) and his son joshua was still as shy as before =)
But his daughter had really grown! She was almost my height lah! =I cant rmb her name but if i rmb correctly she had a 'symmetrical' name ( ie anna. AN/NA)
The food was nice with that same winter mutton soup we had 4 years ago at the same restaurant.
Next morning, we left Perth again and headed down south to Albany. Its COLD there =\\\It was a 4h drive on the Albany highway.
We stayed in a Apartment which mom booked since there were cooking facilities there. There was a gas heater in it. WAY COOL!!
Went grocery shopping again that night for rice and vegatables and a roasted chicken. Mom also bought a pack of beef pies. SHIOK!
Albany is a rainbow town i tell you. Its that. Because it is faces south towards the ocean, there's always short rains and ALWAYS RAINBOWS. Albany is also famous for large town with NO traffic lights. Every road junction is a loop like the one you find in Newton Circus.
I still rmb there was South Park on TV =D
Rainbow in the city:
We went to visit the 'blowhole' in Albany like we did 4 years ago. That place has VERY STRONG WINDS and the area is very dangerous cos the wind might blow you into the sea.
I wouldn't want to be in there... =
or here..
Some pictures taken from the wind farm:
We left Albany on Tuesday morning and drove to Pamberton. Its a very rural-like town. With only Nature as a tourist attraction. Such as the Gloucester Tree which is 60m high BTW =O
A very pretty bird that was close to us. There many many of them though
There was also a trout farm. The reared trout in the lake and damn hungry. You can throw food in and wow...they will fight for it. If you're lucky, you can see them jump out of the water.
We stayed in a Lavender Farm chalet in Pamberton and the only heat source was to burn firewood. Major PainInTheAss but it was fun.
Our chalet was 4th from the left.
Lavender tree:
Then our backyard was the damn big lake lah. And there were 2 large goose there. Their beaks scare. Im afraid they might bite my balls off...and mind you, the were 0.8m tall! =O
Pamberton was the COLDEST in the night. I had to sleep with my sweater and socks on, and put my hands behind my butt to warm them.
We watched 2 movies that night and slept at around 11pm.
The next morning(wednesday), dad cooked alot of fried rice to eat throughout the journey to Margaret River.
On the way there, we visited 'The Valley of the Giants' that had monster size trees. We had to do a 'tree-top walk' to view them.
Me showing ***** who's boss:
When we got there, we visited 2 wineries. Then went to our Farm house Chalet. The place was VERY nice and oh my god. When we were eating dinner, 2 goats came by we could see them through the glass 'walls'. That night, I watched Tomb Raider and A Knights Tale.
Next morning(friday) we went with the owner to see him feed the animals! damn cool lah! But its scary. The 2 goats that passed by our house the night before scared me.
The owner gave me some bread to throw at the animals (ducks, sheep, goats) but the goat actually stood on 2 legs to grab the bread off my hand. And all this while, the ground we were stepping on contained alot of animal shit lah!
Then at 10am, we drove back to Perth. We went back to King's Perth Hotel(AGAIN...) to unload bags and walked to Diamond Restaurant to have dinner.
Then we went to the supermarket again to buy stuff like orange juice and SULTANAS! =D
Saturday morning, We drove to Fremantle and went to the Flea market like 4 years ago and shopped a bit. Then that afternoon, I was bored and so i asked my parents if they could send me to the flying field at Whiteman Park and they agreed. So i tried my luck to get Paul to go there too so i called his mobile number. HELL YEAH! He WAS ALREADY THERE!
So when we got there, i saw several turbine jets! WOOT =OO
Then i watched Paul 3D the hell out of his Stratus! Nice flying man! I also saw a guy hover his giant plane 10cm off the ground! =OOO Mike was also there flying his stratus.
Paul waiting for his stratus to spool down:
Paul's dog, Gus. Damn cute lah! =D
Mike, me and Paul
So then, Paul asked me if i would like to join him and his heli gang in having a barbie(barbeque) so i called my parents and they allowed me to. =D
We went to Paul's house and chatted in his workshop. Soon after, Alex and Dave came. We were surfing archeli.com when The Man, NIGEL BROWN CAME!!! =OOO
It was such a pleasure to meet him! He's sponsored by Miniature Aircraft, Futaba, Fromeco and V-Blades.
I think he's the guy Kenny wants to be lah...or does he wanna be like Alan Szabo?? =.="
Then we had barbecue steak, hotdogs and chips for dinner. All the while, we were talking crap about helis, rockets, TV, girls and circumcision =OOO
Very horrible story about the boy who had to be circumcised, that one guys dick blew up, another one went through extreme pain.
Pics from the 'barbie'
Then at 12am, Mike sent me back to the Hotel, so i bid the rest good bye for good.
Next morning, we went to meet aunty judy and her daughter for breakfast. Then we slacked at the hotel till 1pm. So we called a taxi and went to the airport. I fought with my brother there too = ____________________
End of story
helirulz